plural of mastication

The quality or degree of being masticable.

Sideroxylon foetidissimum, a flowering plant in the chicle family, native to Florida, the Caribbean, and northern Central America.

(anatomy) Any of the four muscles that are the primary participants in mastication: the masseter, the temporalis, the medial pterygoid, and the lateral pterygoid.

plural of muscle of mastication

(chiefly medicine) Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva.

Of, or relating to mastication. / Used for chewing.

plural of masticatory

A force created by the dynamic action of the masticatory muscles during the physiological act of chewing.

plural of masticatory force